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An increase in time : story lines of Germantown Mennonite Church and its historic trust, 1683-2005 / by Richard J. Lichty with foreword by Donella M. Clemens and James M. Lapp with epilogue by Amy Yoder McGloughlin.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks BX8131.P45 L53 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lichty, Richard J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Germantown Mennonite Church Corporation (Philadelphia, Pa.)--History.
- Germantown Mennonite Church Corporation (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust--History.
- Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust.
- Mennonites--Pennsylvania--Germantown--History.
- Mennonites.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Physical Description:
- xii, 416 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Manufacture:
- Mishawaka, Indiana : Duley Press.
- Place of Publication:
- Elkhart, Indiana : AMBS Institute of Mennonite Studies, [2015]
- Contents:
- Getting oriented to the landscape: 2005
- Unencumbered by the harassing persecution: 1683
- Patches of beauty to tell us it's worth going on: 1700-1800
- Facing dissolution? 1800-1900
- Doing more than preserving a historic building: 1900-1980
- Embracing tradition and expressing openness: 1980-1990
- Historic roots and an ongoing stream: 1990-2001
- Scarred and broken, the story of salvation: 2002-2005
- Culture wars, gay rights, and the merger of Mennonite Church USA: Germantown in context, 1997-2001
- Of doors, death, and a denomination
- Romans 15:7, a text for our time
- Finding meaning in an old meetinghouse in the season of advent.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0936273542
- 9780936273549
- OCLC:
- 946569697
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